My Nazeli order arrived! I was really excited to try this bra because of the interesting design, but unfortunately the fit is a complete fail on me https://d28qt14g3opchh.cloudfront.net/smileys/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" />

A bit about my shape - short roots, even fullness, I need space for inner fullness in the cups, but not a too narrow gore. I need a lot of immediate projection and average to narrow cups.

But a bit about the quality and materials. First off, the two bras came in a fancy Nazeli branded box, the size of a shoe box and wrapped in branded paper, which was a nice touch. The quality ... of the materials looks quite good, similar to mid-range brands such as Freya. The lace feels a bit cheap and smells slightly plasticky, but it's not scratchy. The knit fabric on the band and on the cups feels nice and soft. The construction is neat without any loose threads. One small thing I don't really like about the materials is that there's a slight difference in colour between the black lace and the black knit fabric. The wires are soft, and the wire is shorter than the wire channel, there are 2.5cm of empty space in the wire channel. The wires also squeak a little when handling the bra.
The design element that I liked about this bra are the lace sleeves. These are basically pieces of lace that connect to the bottom of the gore in front and to the piece where the hooks and eyes attach to the band in the back. The little sleeves look really pretty on, and they fit very well. They are the right length on me - I have the straps extended almost to the maximum. The lace has a little bit of vertical stretch, but there's no way to adjust the length of the sleeves.

The fit of the cups is quite terrible on me unfortunately. The cups are wide, and although I don't need super narrow wires they are too wide for me. The wing is also very tall and there is too much material between the wing and the strap. This together with the straps being too wide set, results in the bra cutting into my arms. The wing being too high is a usual complaint for me, but the straps being too wide is very rare, as I have wide shoulders and usually straps are okay on me even when they're often too wide on others (like in Gorsenia bras). However, one nice thing about the wing is that the bottom of the band goes all the way to the bottom of the wire, which is quite nice because this makes the wing measurement very accurate for the height of the wire.
The cups are made from three pieces - two bottom pieces which are padded, and the top piece which is non stretch lace. It's a bit difficult to show this in the pictures, but the cups are very closed off. This would not work for any top fullness, but might work for bottom fullness. The cup is even further closed off with a piece of not too soft elastic. The padding is relatively stiff (stiffer than Comexim for example). The cup depth measurement I took by just placing the measuring tape inside the cup, and the measurement stretched over the knee is 34cm.
The gore is quite wide and the cups don't have enough room for inner fullness. The wires are soft and the gore floats. The bottom of the cup is shallow and doesn't have enough immediate projection for me, so after putting on the bra the cup immediately slides down and the bottom of the cup collapses. The shape this bra gives me is pointy and downwards facing, so sadly this doesn't work. One good thing is that the little lace sleeves hide some of the fit and shape issues.

The shape mismatch made me think at first that the cups were too large, but the size is actually quite right. I got to this size by starting from the size chart and then sister sizing down in the band. This I would do in all Polish brands, as they seem to consider that a 35-36in underbust should translate to a band size 90-95, which in practice is much too large for me. Regarding the size, for comparison, my usual go-to UK size is 36GG, in Comexim I wear 75M/80L, and in Gorsenia 75J/80I. The band is quite stretchy, so I'd recommend to size down in the band.
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